NI Life and Times Survey - 2010: MIGWRK11

Year: 2010
Module:Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable:MIGWRK11

The next few questions are about migrant workers, that is, people who come from other countries to work in Northern Ireland, and may or may not stay very long here. There are different opinions about migrant workers in Northern Ireland. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
People’s perceptions of migrant workers are tainted by the media.

	%
Strongly agree	10
Agree	53
Neither agree nor disagree	19
Disagree	17
Strongly disagree	1
Don't know	1

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Strongly agree	9	10
Agree	53	52
Neither agree nor disagree	17	21
Disagree	19	15
Strongly disagree	1	2
Don't know	0	2

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Strongly agree	11	12	9	10	11	6
Agree	52	52	56	49	50	55
Neither agree nor disagree	24	18	21	18	19	17
Disagree	12	14	11	22	19	19
Strongly disagree	1	2	2	1	0	2
Don't know	1	2	2	0	1	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Strongly agree 12 7 15
Agree 54 51 58
Neither agree nor disagree 19 20 16
Disagree 13 21 10
Strongly disagree 2 1 0
Don't know 1 1 1

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